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Very gracious of you, and thanks, but no real need to apologise. Have a nice day.

. I was merely trying to engage in constructive debate. And personally, I don't think F off is ever the right response to anything or anyone.... But I'm not that bothered.

What a very constructive response. Just what I should have expected.

If there's a massive gap, perhaps you would like to provide some justification for your statement. In other words, what is the "available evidence" you are suggesting.?

Personally I would not argue at all with your "more tolerant and less religiously driven" point, but anything that increases our understanding of how other people live their lives has surely got to be a good thing. I am 61, consider myself pretty tolerant and understanding, but also recognise...

Be as pedantic as you like. I am always happy to accept when I might be factually wrong, and always appreciate the knowledge of others!

I think this should immediately be forwarded to the Department for Education as a majorly important cross-curricular syllabus suggestion. The only possible omission is that writing was invented in Iraq, but then that may not be considered particularly important in the history of civilisation.

If you bother to read the report, as I have, it isn't an "otherwise outstanding performing school"

Having just accessed the OFSTED website and looked at the report for the school, I would say that the telegraph and mail (where else) reports on this are irresponsible and deliberately trying to stir up controversy. The report, from a quick scan, does not use the expression "too white"...

It's snow. What are they supposed to do?

As somebody who might, I suspect, be lumped in with "the usual apologists", I would agree if this were the only reason that the school did not get an outstanding grade. BUT IT WASN'T. And of the three issues mentioned in the article, it is probably the least important. I am no great apologist...